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I'll Do My Own Damn Killin': Benny Binion, Herbert Noble, and the Texas Gambling War

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I'll Do My Own Damn Killin': Benny Binion, Herbert Noble, and the Texas Gambling War

In the early days, before he founded the Horseshoe Casino in Las Vegas and became the patron saint of the World Series of Poker, cowboy Benny Binion was a horse trader, a bootlegger, and the "boss gambler" of Dallas and Fort Worth, Texas. This book traces Binion's rise to power in the Dallas underworld during World War II. By 1946, more than two dozen "casinos" operated illegally in downtown Dallas in hotel suites, and Benny Binion owned at least half of them. The cowboy's only true rival for gambling supremacy in Texas was his former partner, Herbert Noble. For the first time ever, Gary Sleeper reveals the intricacies of the bloody feud between Binion and Noble, and their brutal war for control of Dallas and Fort Worth. Included are details of the thirteen attempts on Noble's life, the tragic murder of his wife, and Noble's bizarre plot to gain revenge by bombing Las Vegas from a private airplane.
Country USA
Brand Barricade Books
Manufacturer Barricade Books
Binding Paperback
ReleaseDate 2012-06-16
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781569804667

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